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What is 56 Divided by 2?

Answer – 56 divided by 2 is 28.

Explanation:

The sum 56÷2 can be solved using the long division method as follows.

Here, 56 is the divisor and 2 is the dividend. 

The following steps are followed:

  • Each digit of 56 is separately divided by 2, going from left to right. This means that first, only 5 is divided by 2. 2×2=4, is the closest result to 5 that is smaller than it. Therefore, 2 is placed above the top bar directly above 5. 
  • 4 (the product of 2×2) is subtracted from 5 to give a remainder of 1.
  • The remaining digit from 56, which is 6 is brought down. The remainder thus becomes 16.
  • This 16 is then divided by 2. Since 2×8=16, 8 is placed above the top bar, to the right of the 2 already written there (over the 6). 
  • The product 16 (from 2×8) is subtracted from the remainder 16. The final remainder is now 0. 

The two digits placed above the top bar, 2 and 8, are collectively considered the quotient, which is the answer to the division sum. 

Thus, 56 divided by 2 is 28.


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